Materials new teachers can bring to tomorrow's lesson, and materials experienced teachers use to rework their instruction.
The official NHK for School hub for teachers. Reverse-look up programs, worksheets, lesson plans, and case studies by subject, grade, and unit. The standard go-to for new teachers who need materials that connect directly to tomorrow's lesson.
A friendly Japanese-history encyclopedia readable from elementary up. Clear explanations of figures, eras, and events. A vocabulary foothold new teachers can use right away as the opening reading or prompt material for a lesson.
A series of short training videos produced by the National Institute for School Teachers and Staff Development (NITS) for use in in-school training. Specialists explain class management, lesson design, and student guidance. New teachers can use them for self-study; experienced teachers use them as material for school-based professional development.
The Special Needs Education portal of the Ministry of Education. The official primary source that gathers the system, policy, handbooks, and practice cases. A set of resources that lets new teachers cover everything from classroom accommodations to individual instruction plans in one place — directly tied to daily practice.
Primary information containing the Courses of Study for elementary, middle, and high schools together with the official "commentaries". The essential resource for experienced teachers who want to re-read the big directions of instruction.
The national educational research institute aggregating research outcomes and practical materials on curriculum, instruction, and assessment. New teachers learn from the practice case collections; experienced teachers use evaluation criteria and reports to situate their own teaching academically.
An education-oriented hub that organizes "how to use the GSI Map in lessons and inquiry". Lesson plans, practical examples, and downloadable materials are gathered together — a direct fit for experienced teachers reworking their instruction in Geography (General) and inquiry learning.
The Ministry of Education's official explanation of how textbooks are produced and selected in Japan. Read authorization criteria, the adoption system, and research surveys as primary sources. A resource for experienced teachers to re-situate "the textbook I use now" from the standpoint of the system.
The Ministry of Education's portal gathering classroom practice with 1:1 devices. Ideas are organized by subject and scene so new teachers can picture the first step of ICT use concretely.
Official questions, commentary, and analysis reports from Japan's national academic assessment. Experienced teachers can benchmark where students stumble against nationwide data and refine their own instruction.
A cross-searchable metadata database of educational research maintained by NIER — practice research, teaching materials, and survey reports. Useful for experienced teachers who want to rebuild instruction on top of prior knowledge.
A textbook-aligned ICT teaching-materials library jointly operated by Yamakawa Shuppansha (Japanese history / world history) and Ninomiya Shoten (geography). Videos, slides, worksheets, and statistical materials are organised by subject and unit — a go-to teaching hub for social-studies teachers who need to quickly supply "the one extra resource" a daily lesson is missing.
A group of free teacher-facing educational journals from Teikoku-Shoin delivering lesson-research examples, latest scholarship, and practice reports across geography, history, and civics. The family includes the education magazine "Kizahashi", the elementary-school "Children and Maps", the junior-high "Shakaika no Shiori", and the high-school "ChiReKo" — particularly strong support for geography teachers' materials research.
The Library of Congress's teacher-facing page on using primary sources. Publishes primary materials for history, social studies, and literature together with questioning examples and lesson procedures. Useful both as source material for new teachers and as a reference model for experienced teachers designing inquiry-based lessons.
Integrated portal for school broadcast programs, web content, and archives.
NHK's history delivery program: concise 10-min history topics for active inquiry.
High school geography lesson videos by a working teacher, covering Geography General and Geography Advanced.
A directory of educational YouTube channels for high school geography, earth science, world history, and Japanese history.
A community-based group led by old-road researcher Taro Miyata, centred on field surveys, guided walks, lectures, and conservation around old roads in the Tama Hills and beyond. It is a strong model for turning terrain, tradition, and archaeological remains into local fieldwork.
A civic group that keeps running walks and lectures around Kamakura old roads near Machida. Its documented walks connect local heritage, safety, and community learning, making it useful for teachers designing off-campus local-history inquiry.
A local council using Edo-period roads through Yanai for community building. Its maintenance work, guide signs, guidebook, and walking activities show how residents can care for and teach from old roads.
The official site for the Japan Heritage route connecting the Bantan region through ore-transport roads. Lectures, guides, and field events show how several municipalities can treat a historic route as a shared learning resource.